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Transport Corridor

The creation and operations of international rail, road and sea routes, co-ordinated to transport cargo long distances, usually international and designed to benefit all participating countries. For example, the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), also known as the Middle Corridor; and the European Union’s Ten-T network.

An area where one or more modes of transport operate and share a common course and specifics of freight transportation. Transport corridors can generate wider economic benefits and costs through their effects on a potentially diverse set of development outcomes.

This topic is key for ports in Southern Europe, the Caspian Sea and Central Asia – developing trade between Europe and Asia.

Ports of Brest and Sète join the EU TEN-T network

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 21, 2023 – The French ports of Brest and Sète have been officially included in the corridors of the...

EU banks supports Corridor VIII rail network, North Macedonia

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 20, 2023 – European Union banks will help finance the third phase of the Eastern section of the Corridor VIII...

EBRD provides loan to Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 19, 2023 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a long-term loan to...

European Commission: Provisional agreement on TEN-T network

Provisional agreement on more sustainable and resilient trans-European transport network brings Europe closer together – December 19, 2023 The European...

Rasht-Astara railway construction for INSTC corridor in 2024

Tehran, Itan (Ports Europe) December 14, 2023 – It has been announced that the construction of the 163-km Rasht-Astara railway in Northern Iran will...

New service links Aktau, Turkmenbashi & Constanta ports

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) December 12, 2023 – ADY Container LLC is launching a new service connecting Kazakhstan’s Aktau and Turkmenbashi...

China joins the race to build logistics centers in Uzbekistan

Guangzhou, China (Ports Europe) December 8, 2023 – Chinese company Hichain Logistics (Supply Chain) will build new logistics centers in Uzbekistan’s...

China State Railway Group visits Port of Batumi

Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) December 8, 2023 – A delegation from the China State Railway Group Co, Ltd. has visited the Port of Batumi. The purpose of...

Russia’s Volga-Caspian Canal dredged to 4.5 m depth, but…

Rostov-on-Don, Russia (Ports Europe) December 8, 2023 – After heavy dredging, involving 17 dredgers and a fleet of 40 support vessels, the draft on the...

Belarus, Russia free economic zones plan cooperation

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) December 7, 2023 – The management of the free economic zone (SEZ) “Brest” in Bealrus and the special...

Italy says it is leaving China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) December 7, 2023 – Government sources are reporting that Italy has informed China that it is leaving the Belt and Road...

Hapag-Lloyd opens two offices in Bulgaria

Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) December 6, 2023 – German shipper Hapag-Lloyd has opened two new offices in Bulgaria in the Black Sea port city of Varna...

Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea – meeting

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 5, 2023 – The Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea is a forum...

Russia’s sanctions-busting trade routes stumble

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 4, 2023 – The two “secret weapons” against Western sanctions affecting Russian cargo transportation – the...

Chinese giant CCECC interested in Kazakhstan’s transport infrastructure

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) December 4, 2023 – China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) wants to participate in the development of...

Update: Russia’s Northern Sea Route only for Russia

(Adds comments from Konstantin Grinevich after paragraph 3) St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe), December 1, 2023 – The Northern Sea Route (NSR,...

Russia’s Northern Sea Route – only for Russia

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe), December 1, 2023 – The Northern Sea Route (NSR, SevMorPut) is unlikely to compete with the southern route through...

FESCO plans container feeder line in Africa

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 29, 2023 – Deprived of opportunities to operate in Europe due to Western sanctions, FESCO, one of the largest...

North-South corridor is sanctioned Russia’s distant dream

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 26, 2023 – The development of the International North-South Transport Corridor – INSTC will significantly...

The North-South is the poor relative of Russia’s international cargo corridors

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 24, 2023 – The cargo transportation along the three main international transport corridors (ITC) that pass via...

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